BOONE — The Appalachian State University Board of Trustees passed a resolution on Jan. 21 that agreed with the Jan. 17 University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ plea to the N.C. General Assembly to pass a state budget.
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BOONE — The Watauga County Board of Elections voted on Jan. 14 to move the precinct transfer site from the Watauga County Courthouse to the Plemmons Student Union as well as decrease buffer zones for a few precinct polling sites.
BOONE — Watauga County is 469 days into work on its community recreation center and is drawing closer to its current completion date of May 1.
On the day named after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the town of Boone on Jan. 20 honored his life and work by dedicating a section of Hunting Hills Lane to him in a ceremony at Boone Fire Station No. 2.
BLOWING ROCK — Having a specific a land use code and design requirements, enhancing stormwater management and a potential expansion of the Middle Fork Greenway through town were some of the recommendations submitted to the town by an ad hoc committee tasked with creating a roadmap for future…
FLEETWOOD — The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office released additional information about a recent eight-hour standoff between law enforcement and a man now identified as Landwell V. McCall in a statement released Jan. 21.
Connie Beasley, 87, of Boone, N.C., passed away January 17, 20…
Mr. Michael Randall, 63, of Lonnie Carlton Road, Deep Gap, N.C…
Junior Clay Trivette, 68, of Boone, N.C., passed away January …
Julia Hamilton Braswell, 92, of Cary, N.C., passed away Wednes…
Albert H. Miller, Jr., 76, of Todd, N.C., passed away January …
“It is not that they were racists. Maybe we could forgive them for that. But they were terrorists, and that is something we should not overlook or forget.”
Second only to the effects of tobacco use, the chemically inert radioactive gas radon is the leading environmental course of lung cancer in the United States. Annually, thousands die from its effects, including hundreds of people in North Carolina.
I am writing to thank Boone residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season.
Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today’s students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity personnel, with massive budgets to accommodate.
Since 1969, “Virginia Is for Lovers” has been the tourism and travel slogan of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Advertising Age called it “one of the most iconic ad campaigns in the past 50 years.”
The Boone Mennonite Brethren Church choir leads a singing of "We Shall Overcome" at the dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Boone on Jan. 20, 2020, at Boone Fire Station No. 2.
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